transformer
//trænsˈfɔːrmər//
Noun
transformerSingular
transformersPlural
1
An electrical device that transfers electrical energy between two or more circuits through electromagnetic induction, typically used to increase or decrease voltage.
The transformer reduces the high voltage from the power lines to a safer level for household use.
2
A person or thing that transforms something.
She is a transformer of the education system.
3
In machine learning, a type of neural network architecture that uses self-attention mechanisms to process sequential data.
The transformer model has revolutionized natural language processing tasks.